The assignment responsibility includes leading and setting up and operationalising on commercial basis - the Exchange. The role includes responsibility for influencing and evolution of laws and policies & interaction with regulators & concerned national and state level ministries.

Summary of Previous Experience:
Senior General Manager & Head of Emerging Corporates (SMEs) & Agri Business of ICICI Limited.
801.04.2002 - 31.03.2003)

These responsibilities also included evolving of necessary strategies, business models, management of credit risk on exposures to SMEs and delivery mechanisms to grow and sustain the business in this segment so as to become a large & important player in this segment in a short span of time. The role also involves in pro-actively participating in the evolution of macro-policies.

Senior General Manager & Head of Corporate Banking for South & Western India in ICICI Limited till merger of ICICI Limited with ICICI Bank Limited – Oversight included managing an asset portfolio of about Rs. 200.00 billion. The role also included negotiating and arriving at settlement structures with borrowers in difficulties/arrears.
(01.04.2001 - 31.03.2002)

Senior Executive Vice President in charge (functional head) of Corporate Banking, ICICI Bank Limited (for 2 years), a premier private sector bank in India.
(01.04.1999 - 31.03.2001)

The assignment with the Bank involved in setting up of the Bank, the systems, procedures, controls and drawing up of macro policies of the Bank. Responsibilities included Corporate Banking responsibilities; additionally member of committee overseeing Liquidity Management, Asset / Liability management and Risk Management of the Bank.

Head of treasury and forex and international relations for a period of about 5 years at ICICI Bank Limited. Head of the team which set up an integrated treasury from scratch and put in place all process, controls, technology, software & the business model.
(15.07.1994 – 01.04.1999)

Previous experience

Banking experience of about 32 years including 22 years with Bank of India, a premier public sector bank in India. Functioned for 14 years in a variety of operational assignments at different centres including as head of branch operations and in administrative assignments. Served as a Foreign Exchange Dealer for 6 years (1982-1988) at Paris Branch (France) of the Bank.

Professional

- Stood FIFTH in CAIIB (Part II) All India Examination
- Secured Highest marks in Higher Accountancy (CAIIB Part II) Examination in Entire India and received
- Was awarded GOLD MEDAL for Excellence in Banking by French Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Economy. I was the first Indian Banker to be so felicitated.
- Was the sole strategy co-ordinator & facilitator for the National Development Bank, Sri Lanka in their two day strategy session March 7 & 8, 2003.
- Presented a paper on issues in the area of technology concerning SMEs at UNCTAD, Geneva October 28, 2002.

Academic

- regular member as a guest faculty speaker on macro topical issues relating to financial sector at major Institutes of Management and other industry fora;
- writer / speaker through print & audio visual media on all topical financial sector subjects

Member of the Board of Directors of :
- Bharat Forge, Pune
- Eveready Industries India Ltd., Calcutta
- National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited, Mumbai
- NABARD Consultancy Services
- The Federal Bank Limited

Also on the Governing Board of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad.
Has also been a member of several committees set up by regulatory bodies/Govt. of India.

See also: 01:00 pm Roundtable III